Coast Protection Act, 1963
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Contributions to amount payable by promoting authority. |
17.—(1) There shall be contributions to the balance referred to in paragraph (b) of section 16 of this Act in accordance with the following provisions: | |
(a) in case the promoting authority is the council of a county, the corporation of any borough (not being a county borough) or council of any urban district in which the whole or any part of the protected lands are situate shall contribute such amount as they may, with the consent of the Minister for Local Government, have agreed upon with the promoting authority, | ||
(b) in case the promoting authority is the council of an urban district, any council of a county shall contribute such amount as they may, with the consent of the Minister for Local Government, have agreed upon with the promoting authority, | ||
(c) any harbour authority within the meaning of the Harbours Act, 1946 , shall contribute such amount as they may, with the consent of the Minister for Transport and Power, have agreed upon with the promoting authority, | ||
(d) there shall be a contribution by any owner or occupier of any of the protected lands consisting of the amount received or recovered pursuant to any agreement, between such owner or occupier and the promoting authority, providing for the making by such owner or occupier of a contribution towards such balance, | ||
(e) in case the promoting authority was named pursuant to subsection (4) of section 2 of this Act, the other council of a county or each other council of a county who named the promoting authority shall contribute such amount as, in default of agreement with the promoting authority, may be determined by the Minister for Local Government. | ||
(2) As respects any such agreement as is referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of subsection (1) of this section, the promoting authority and the other party stated in the paragraph are hereby authorised, subject to the provisions of the paragraph, to enter into and carry out the agreement and any amount payable thereunder may, in default of being duly paid, be recovered as a simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction. | ||
(3) A harbour authority may, for the purposes of making a contribution under this section, borrow money under section 120 of the Harbours Act, 1946 , as amended by section 6 of the Harbours Act, 1947 , as if such purposes were purposes in connection with their harbour. | ||
(4) Money borrowed pursuant to subsection (3) of this section may be lent by means of an issue from the Local Loans Fund as if such loan constituted a local loan within the meaning of the Local Loans Fund Acts, 1935 to 1961, and was authorised by an Act of the Oireachtas. |